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| Team Ireland | |
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| League | Division II IIHF World Championships |
| Founded | 1996 |
| History | Team Ireland Established 1996 |
| Arena | Dundalk Ice Dome |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| City | Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland |
| President |  Mr. Cliff
Saunders |
| General Secretary | Mr. Mark
Bowes |
| Technical Director & Head of Coaching | Mr. Keith
Daly |
| Head coach |  Mr. Jim
Tibbets |
| Assistant Coach | Mr. Scott
Fusco |
| Coaching Staff | Tony
Griffin |
| Physio | Mr. Joe
Clifford |
| Equipment Manager |  Mr. John
Crowley |
| General Manager | Mr. Mick
Higgins |
Irish men's national ice hockey team is the National Squad run by the Irish Ice Hockey Association. The team gained promotion to Division II of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 2007, but after being pointless in their Division II debut, the team has been relegated to Division III.[1] The team has members from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and has a working relationship with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League and new Irish clubs, Flyers Ice Hockey Club and Dundalk Bulls.
The Republic of Ireland was accepted into the International Ice Hockey Federation in May 1996 after a nomination by Great Britain and a second by Canada. They have not had a long history of international competition, with the Ireland senior team first competing in 2004.
Mexico 8-3
Ireland
Ireland 23-1 
Armenia
Romania 21-1
IrelandIn the IIHF World Ranking, Ireland is ranked 42nd out of 48 as of 2009.
(statistics, standings, and results taken from the IIHF [2]IIHF Tournament Page)
Game 1. Ireland 3 Mexico 8
Game 2. Armenia 1 Ireland 15
Game 3. Ireland 1 Iceland 7
Game 4. Turkey 7 Ireland 4
Final Result: Fourth Place, One Win, Three Losses for 2 points, 23 Goals For, 23 Goals Against
Game 1. Ireland 23 Armenia 1
Game 2. Luxembourg 8 Ireland 4
Game 3. Ireland 4 South Africa 5
Game 4. Mexico 6 Ireland 1
Final Result: Fourth Place, One Win, Three Losses
for 2 points, 32 Goals For, 20 Goals Against
Game 1. Ireland 0 Armenia 6
Game 2. Iceland 8 Ireland 0
Game 3. Turkey 2 Ireland 2
Game 4. Ireland 3 Luxembourg 1
Final Result: Fourth Place, One Win, Two Losses,
One Tie for 3 points, 5 Goals For, 17 Goals Against
Game 1. Ireland 11 Mongolia 0
Game 2. Ireland 2 New Zealand 4
Game 3. Ireland 3 South Africa 1
Game 4. Ireland 4 Luxembourg 3 [OT)
Final Result: Second Place Two Wins, One Overtime
Win, One Loss for 8 points, 20 Goals For, 8 Goals Against [Team
Ireland are Promoted to Division II of the IIHF World
Championships]
Game 1. Ireland 1 Serbia 13
Game 2. Ireland 4 Bulgaria 7
Game 3. Ireland 1 Belgium 9
Game 4. Ireland 1 Romania 21
Game 5. Ireland 1 Israel 7
Final Result: Sixth Place Zero Wins, Five Losses
for 0 points, 8 Goals For, 57 Goals Against [Team Ireland is
relegated to the 2009 IIHF World Championship Div III]
Game 1. Ireland 3 Greece 7
Game 2. Ireland 3 Luxembourg 8
Game 3. Ireland 5 Mongolia 0(Forfeit)
Game 4. Ireland 1 Turkey 7
Game 5. Ireland 0 New Zealand 9
Final Result: Fifth Place One Win, Four Losses for
3 points, 12 Goals For, 31 Goals Against
(roster taken from the IIHF [3]IIHF Tournament Page)
James
Tibbets| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Adam Pepper | Dundalk Bulls |
| GK | 25 | Scott Bickerstaff | Belfast
Junior Giants |
| D | 3 | Patrick McCabe | Flyers IHC |
| D | 6 | Timothy O'Driscoll | Dublin Rams |
| D | 12 | David Gibson | Belfast
Junior Giants |
| D | 13 | Dean Kelley | Flyers IHC |
| D | 16 | Robert Leckey | Belfast
Junior Giants |
| F | 4 | Stephen Cooper | Flyers IHC |
| F | 7 | Ross Bickerstaff | Belfast
Junior Giants |
| F | 8 | Barry Higgins | Flyers IHC |
| F | 9 | Stephen Balmer | Hawks |
| F | 10 | Adam Jackson-Wyatt |  Vaughan
Rangers |
| F | 11 | Philip Darcy | Flyers IHC |
| F | 15 | Adam McCaul |  Partille
HK |
| F | 17 | Mark Reynolds | Belfast
Junior Giants |
| F | 18 | Andrew Guest | Toronto Aeros Under 21 AAA |
| F | 21 | Christopher Adams | Dublin Wolves |
| F | 22 | Mark Morrison | Belfast
Giants |
| F | 23 | Stephen Adams | Hawks |
| F | 24 | Gareth Roberts | Belfast
Junior Giants |
Early in 2007 Team Ireland moved their headquarters to the Dundalk Ice Dome. It is envisaged that the Ice Dome will become a centre of excellence for ice hockey in the Republic of Ireland and it was here that Team Ireland took silver in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships Division III and gained promotion to Division II.
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